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Ryan McLaren

South Africa

Full name Ryan McLaren

Born February 9, 1983, Kimberley, Cape Province

Current age 36 years 39 days

Major teams South Africa, Eagles, Free State, Kent, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Middlesex, Middlesex 2nd XI, Mumbai Indians, South Africa Under-19s

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Relation Father - P McLaren, Uncle - K McLaren, Cousin - AP McLaren

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	2	3	1	47	33*	23.50	108	43.51	0	0	6	0	0
ODIs	54	41	15	485	71*	18.65	680	71.32	0	1	42	6	13
T20Is	12	4	3	9	6*	9.00	13	69.23	0	0	0	0	3
First-class	154	230	44	6298	140	33.86			7	33			69
List A	208	164	55	3379	88	31.00	3992	84.64	0	16			64
T20s	180	128	55	1675	77	22.94	1425	117.54	0	3	140	33	63

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	2	4	264	162	3	2/72	2/119	54.00	3.68	88.0	0	0	0
ODIs	54	51	2403	2102	77	4/19	4/19	27.29	5.24	31.2	5	0	0
T20Is	12	12	263	332	17	5/19	5/19	19.52	7.57	15.4	0	1	0
First-class	154		24685	12676	459	8/38		27.61	3.08	53.7	24	15	1
List A	208		8529	7333	254	5/38	5/38	28.87	5.15	33.5	12	2	0
T20s	180	173	3427	4615	160	5/19	5/19	28.84	8.07	21.4	2	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 14-17, 2010 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Feb 12-15, 2014 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Benoni, Nov 8, 2009 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Nov 23, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Nov 13, 2009 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Nov 7, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Easterns v Free State at Benoni, Oct 17-20, 2003 scorecard
Last First-class	Knights v Cape Cobras at Bloemfontein, Jan 4-7, 2019 scorecard
List A debut	Free State v Easterns at Bloemfontein, Nov 21, 2003 scorecard
Last List A	Knights v Dolphins at Kimberley, Mar 17, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut	Eagles v Dolphins at Bloemfontein, Mar 30, 2005 scorecard
Last T20s	Durban Heat v Nelson Mandela Bay Giants at Durban, Dec 5, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
38*, 0/27	Knights	v Dolphins	Kimberley	17 Mar 2019	LA
2/19, 18*	Knights	v Warriors	East London	15 Mar 2019	LA
-	Knights	v Lions	Bloemfontein	9 Mar 2019	LA
47, 0/42	Knights	v Dolphins	Durban	2 Mar 2019	LA
1/13, 12	Knights	v Warriors	Kimberley	22 Feb 2019	LA
56, 1/62	Knights	v Cape Cobras	Bloemfontein	19 Feb 2019	LA
80*, 0/42	Knights	v Titans	Centurion	10 Feb 2019	LA
2, 2/64	Knights	v Cape Cobras	Bloemfontein	4 Jan 2019	FC
1/56, 9, 1/51, 32	Knights	v Titans	Bloemfontein	19 Dec 2018	FC
-	Giants	v Durban Heat	Durban	5 Dec 2018	T20

Profile

An industrious allrounder, who is more accurate than quick, and also a valuable lower-order contributor, Ryan McLaren spent several seasons on the fringes of the South African squad before a short, sustained run in the mid-2010s.

McLaren first came to attention in the 2006-07 summer, when he averaged 43.50 with the bat in South Africa's 45-over domestic competition. With Jacques Kallis holding a monopoly over the allrounder's spot in the national side, McLaren struggled to break through and signed a Kolpak deal with Kent, where he blossomed. He took a hat-trick in the 2007 Twenty20 Cup final to help Kent win the trophy, and South Africa could not ignore him.

Despite remaining under contract with Kent, McLaren was called up for South Africa's ODI squad to face Kenya and Bangladesh in October 2008, but the county refused to release him. It appeared an international career would not be possible until he was released from his county contract at the end of the 2009 season, making him eligible for selection for South Africa.

He made both his ODI and T20 debut in November 2009 and his Test debut in January 2010. After he made headlines in May 2010, taking 5 for 19 in the first T20I on South Africa's tour of the Caribbean - the second-best figures in the format at the time - McLaren would have been hopeful of a lengthy international career.

However, he struggled to hold down a place in the national side until early 2013, when South Africa were forced to look for a replacement for Kallis, who was being rested from bilateral series and asked to sit out the Champions Trophy. McLaren proved an able substitute. In 2013, he played 27 ODIs, notched up his highest score of 71 and took 45 wickets at 23.77. He was South Africa's highest wicket-taker that year and fourth highest overall.

McLaren kept his place through most of 2014, although his form dipped. He had a poor limited-overs tour to Australia at the end of that year, which cost him a place in the 2015 World Cup squad. By then, he had played 54 ODIs, 12 T20Is and two Tests, and seemed to accept his international career was over.

He continued to play for Dolphins in the 2015-16 South African domestic season and signed with Hampshire for the 2016 county season. The following season he switched to Lancashire and, although not regarded as one of the most high-profile overseas players, his many virtues left a lasting impression in a successful all-round season.
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